Dockside Dog Training
Dockside Dog Training
Dog Training Services
What we do
What we do
Stronger Bonds, Happier Dogs
At Dock Side Dog Training, we offer a variety of programs designed to meet the unique needs of dogs and their owners. Whether you’re looking for personalized one-on-one lessons, an immersive board & train program, or a safe place for your dog to stay while you’re away, we have a program designed for you. Our physical conditioning programs keep dogs healthy and focused, while our dog sitting service provides peace of mind with safe, reliable care. We also offer well-trained available for adoption into the right homes—carefully evaluated, socialized, and ready to become loyal companions or working partners.
Every service we offer is built on positive reinforcement and proven training methods, giving you not just lasting results, but a stronger bond with your dog. No matter your goals, we're here to provide the guidance, structure, and support you and your dog need to succeed—Dock Side Dog Training is here to bring out the very best in your four-legged friend.
Board and Train
Our Board & Train Program provides dogs with an immersive stay-and-train experience designed to build obedience, manners, and confidence in a structured, supportive environment. Using positive reinforcement techniques, we focus on creating a happy, well-behaved, and obedient dog you can be proud of. It’s the perfect way to give your dog professional training, and a convenient option while you’re away.
What’s Included:
- Customized Training Plan: Training tailored to your dog’s temperament, behavior, and goals.
- One-on-One Sessions: Individual lessons focused on obedience commands, along with behavior modification when needed.
- Group Socialization: Supervised interactions with other dogs to build confidence and social skills.
- Daily Exercise & Enrichment: Structured activities keep your dog physically active and mentally stimulated.
- Progress Reports: Owners will receive regular updates on your dog's training progress and behavior.
- Follow-Up Training: After completing the program, additional sessions help reinforce and maintain lasting results.
Board and Train
Our Board & Train Program provides dogs with an immersive stay-and-train experience designed to build obedience, manners, and confidence in a structured, supportive environment. Using positive reinforcement techniques, we focus on creating a happy, well-behaved, and obedient dog you can be proud of. It’s the perfect way to give your dog professional training, and a convenient option while you’re away.
What’s Included:
- Customized Training Plan: Training tailored to your dog’s temperament, behavior, and goals.
- One-on-One Sessions: Individual lessons focused on obedience commands, along with behavior modification when needed.
- Group Socialization: Supervised interactions with other dogs to build confidence and social skills.
- Daily Exercise & Enrichment: Structured activities keep your dog physically active and mentally stimulated.
- Progress Reports: Owners will receive regular updates on your dog's training progress and behavior.
- Follow-Up Training: After completing the program, additional sessions help reinforce and maintain lasting results.
Puppy Enrichment
Our Puppy Enrichment Program helps young dogs grow into confident, well-mannered companions through early training, socialization, and play. Designed for puppies in their critical development stages, this program provides the foundation for lifelong good behavior and healthy habits.
What’s Included:
- Socialization: Supervised exposure to new people, dogs, and environments to build confidence and prevent fear-based behaviors.
- Training: Positive reinforcement methods that introduce basic obedience skills and good manners.
- Exercise & Play: Structured activities and playtime to burn energy and encourage healthy development.
- Enrichment Activities: Puzzles, games, and toys that keep puppies mentally engaged and curious.
- Health & Wellness: Guidance on puppy nutrition and care, plus a safe, supportive environment for growth.
This program ensures your puppy learns, grows, and thrives—building the foundation for a happy, well-adjusted adult dog.
Puppy Enrichment Program
Our Puppy Enrichment Program helps young dogs grow into confident, well-mannered companions through early training, socialization, and play. Designed for puppies in their critical development stages, this program provides the foundation for lifelong good behavior and healthy habits.
What’s Included:
- Socialization: Supervised exposure to new people, dogs, and environments to build confidence and prevent fear-based behaviors.
- Training: Positive reinforcement methods that introduce basic obedience skills and good manners.
- Exercise & Play: Structured activities and playtime to burn energy and encourage healthy development.
- Enrichment Activities: Puzzles, games, and toys that keep puppies mentally engaged and curious.
- Health & Wellness: Guidance on puppy nutrition and care, plus a safe, supportive environment for growth.
This program ensures your puppy learns, grows, and thrives—building the foundation for a happy, well-adjusted adult dog.
Individual Training
Our Individual Training Sessions provide personalized, one-on-one lessons tailored to your dog’s unique needs and learning style. These sessions are ideal for owners who want to be actively involved in their dog’s training, while teaching obedience, addressing behavior issues, and building a strong, lasting bond through positive reinforcement.
What’s Included:
- Customized Training Plan: A program designed around your dog’s temperament, behavior, and goals.
- One-on-One Sessions: Your dog receives focused attention in private lessons tailored to their specific needs and individual learning style.
- Obedience Commands: Core obedience commands—sit, stay, come, and heel—along with behavior techniques to correct unwanted habits.
- Positive Reinforcement: We use positive reinforcement to reward good behavior and strengthen the bond between you and your dog.
- Progress Reports: We provide daily progress reports to keep you updated on your dog's progress and behavior.
- Follow-Up Training: Additional support to reinforce long-term success.
These sessions are ideal for owners who want to be hands-on in their dog’s training and gain tools for lasting results at home.
Individual Training Sessions
Our Individual Training Sessions provide personalized, one-on-one lessons tailored to your dog’s unique needs and learning style. These sessions are ideal for owners who want to be actively involved in their dog’s training, while teaching obedience, addressing behavior issues, and building a strong, lasting bond through positive reinforcement.
What’s Included:
- Customized Training Plan: A program designed around your dog’s temperament, behavior, and goals.
- One-on-One Sessions: Your dog receives focused attention in private lessons tailored to their specific needs and individual learning style.
- Obedience Commands: Core obedience commands—sit, stay, come, and heel—along with behavior techniques to correct unwanted habits.
- Positive Reinforcement: We use positive reinforcement to reward good behavior and strengthen the bond between you and your dog.
- Progress Reports: We provide daily progress reports to keep you updated on your dog's progress and behavior.
- Follow-Up Training: Additional support to reinforce long-term success.
These sessions are ideal for owners who want to be hands-on in their dog’s training and gain tools for lasting results at home.
Dog Sitting Service
Our Dog Sitting Service gives your dog safe, reliable care when you can’t be there. With exercise, playtime, and individual attention, we make sure your dog stays happy, healthy, and well-cared for while you’re away.
What’s Included:
- Peace of Mind: You can relax knowing your dog is in trained, caring hands. Our staff look after every detail, so your dog feels secure and comfortable during their stay.
- Safe & Secure Environment: Our facility is designed with your dog’s safety in mind, offering spacious and comfortable kennels, along with fenced outdoor play areas that are always supervised.
- Individual Attention: Every dog is unique, and we tailor care to their needs with exercise, play, and affection to keep them active and content.
- Convenient Location: Easy drop-off and pick-up with flexible scheduling makes fitting care into your routine simple and stress-free.
- Training Opportunities: While staying with us, dogs can also receive optional training and socialization sessions to strengthen obedience, manners, and confidence.
Dockside Dog Training’s sitting service provides peace of mind for owners and the best possible care for dogs while you’re away.
Dog Sitting Service
Our Dog Sitting Service gives your dog safe, reliable care when you can’t be there. With exercise, playtime, and individual attention, we make sure your dog stays happy, healthy, and well-cared for while you’re away.
What’s Included:
- Peace of Mind: You can relax knowing your dog is in trained, caring hands. Our staff look after every detail, so your dog feels secure and comfortable during their stay.
- Safe & Secure Environment: Our facility is designed with your dog’s safety in mind, offering spacious and comfortable kennels, along with fenced outdoor play areas that are always supervised.
- Individual Attention: Every dog is unique, and we tailor care to their needs with exercise, play, and affection to keep them active and content.
- Convenient Location: Easy drop-off and pick-up with flexible scheduling makes fitting care into your routine simple and stress-free.
- Training Opportunities: While staying with us, dogs can also receive optional training and socialization sessions to strengthen obedience, manners, and confidence.
Dockside Dog Training’s sitting service provides peace of mind for owners and the best possible care for dogs while you’re away.
Physical Conditioning
As a former athlete and coach, I cannot stress the importance of exercise for your dog’s physical and mental well-being. Our Physical Conditioning Program is designed to improve stamina, strength, and focus while reinforcing obedience skills in real-world settings. It’s a great option for active dogs, working breeds, or any pup that needs structured exercise to thrive.
What’s Included:
- Conditioning Exercises: Structured activities to boost endurance, prevent injury, and maintain peak fitness.
- Heel Commands: Dogs practice polite leash walking, steady pacing, and focus, building better control and responsiveness.
- Socialization Skills: Supervised outings to build confidence and good manners around people and dogs.
- Obedience in Motion: Reinforce sit, stay, come, and other commands while your dog is active and engaged.
- On & Off-Leash Walking: Develop reliability and responsiveness in different environments.
This program channels your dog’s energy into positive habits while improving overall health, focus, and behavior.
Physical Conditioning
As a former athlete and coach, I cannot stress the importance of exercise for your dog’s physical and mental well-being. Our Physical Conditioning Program is designed to improve stamina, strength, and focus while reinforcing obedience skills in real-world settings. It’s a great option for active dogs, working breeds, or any pup that needs structured exercise to thrive.
What’s Included:
- Conditioning Exercises: Structured activities to boost endurance, prevent injury, and maintain peak fitness.
- Heel Commands: Dogs practice polite leash walking, steady pacing, and focus, building better control and responsiveness.
- Socialization Skills: Supervised outings to build confidence and good manners around people and dogs.
- Obedience in Motion: Reinforce sit, stay, come, and other commands while your dog is active and engaged.
- On & Off-Leash Walking: Develop reliability and responsiveness in different environments.
This program channels your dog’s energy into positive habits while improving overall health, focus, and behavior.
Dogs for Sale
At Dockside Dog Training, we occasionally offer well-trained dogs who are ready to join their forever homes. Each dog in our program has been carefully socialized, trained, and evaluated to ensure they have the temperament, manners, and skills needed to succeed. Whether you’re looking for a loyal family companion, an active partner for adventures, or even a reliable protection dog, we make sure every dog is matched to the right home. Our goal is not only to provide obedient and well-mannered dogs but also to create lasting bonds between dogs and their new families. Below, you can meet some of the incredible dogs we currently have available.
Meet Rhu
Rhu is an 11-month-old Doberman Pinscher with a playful personality and excellent manners. He’s housebroken, crate trained, and already neutered, making him an easy addition to the right home. Extremely social, Rhu enjoys spending time with both people and other dogs, his outgoing nature shines in any environment. With a solid foundation in obedience and a love for playing, Rhu is the perfect match for an active household looking for a smart, loving companion, and his energy and eagerness to please ensure he’ll thrive with continued training, adventure, and plenty of interaction.
Meet Draco
Draco is a 3-year-old, large (85 lbs) bi-color German Shepherd with an excellent temperament and impressive health clearances. Certified through OFA with strong hips and normal elbows, he’s built for a long, active life without the joint concerns often seen in large breeds. Draco is social, confident, and eager to please—great with people and friendly with other dogs. He loves to play ball, enjoys swimming, and thrives on both mental and physical activity. With his intelligence, loyalty, and balanced nature, Draco would make a wonderful family companion or dedicated protection dog.
Interested in one of our dogs?
We’d love to share more and help you find the right match for your home. Each of our dogs has their own unique background, training, and personality, and we’re happy to provide details and answer your questions. Reach out today to learn more and set up a time to meet our available dogs in person.
Dogs for Sale
At Dockside Dog Training, we offer well-trained dogs who are ready to join their forever homes. Each dog in our program has been carefully socialized, trained, and evaluated to ensure they have the temperament, manners, and skills needed to succeed. Whether you’re looking for a loyal family companion, an active partner for adventures, or even a reliable protection dog, we make sure every dog is matched to the right home. Our goal is not only to provide obedient and well-mannered dogs but also to create lasting bonds between dogs and their new families. Below, you can meet some of the incredible dogs we currently have available.
Meet Rhu
Rhu is an 11-month-old Doberman Pinscher with a playful personality and excellent manners. He’s housebroken, crate trained, and already neutered, making him an easy addition to the right home. Extremely social, Rhu enjoys spending time with both people and other dogs, his outgoing nature shines in any environment. With a solid foundation in obedience and a love for playing, Rhu is the perfect match for an active household looking for a smart, loving companion, and his energy and eagerness to please ensure he’ll thrive with continued training, adventure, and plenty of interaction.
Meet Draco
Draco is a 3-year-old, large (85 lbs) bi-color German Shepherd with an excellent temperament and impressive health clearances. Certified through OFA with strong hips and normal elbows, he’s built for a long, active life without the joint concerns often seen in large breeds. Draco is social, confident, and eager to please—great with people and friendly with other dogs. He loves to play ball, enjoys swimming, and thrives on both mental and physical activity. With his intelligence, loyalty, and balanced nature, Draco would make a wonderful family companion or dedicated protection dog.
Interested in one of our dogs?
We’d love to share more and help you find the right match for your home. Each of our dogs has their own unique background, training, and personality, and we’re happy to provide details and answer your questions. Reach out today to learn more and set up a time to meet our available dogs in person.